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  • 81enclosure — /en kloh zheuhr/, n. 1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall. 2. something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter. 3. the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence. 4. a tract of land surrounded by a fence. 5. an act… …

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  • 82wall — less, adj. wall like, adj. /wawl/, n. 1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection …

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  • 83building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …

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  • 84confine — con·fine vt con·fined, con·fin·ing: to hold within a location; specif: imprison Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confine …

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  • 85sheath — 1. Any enveloping structure, such as the membranous covering of a muscle, nerve, or blood vessel. Any sheathlike structure. SYN: vagina (1). 2. The prepuce of male animals, especially of the horse. 3. A specially designed tu …

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  • 86border — I noun ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline …

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  • 87embrace — I (accept) verb adopt, advocate, affiliate, agree to, assume, be in favor of, concur in, consent to, countenance, endorse, espouse, favor, make one s own. ratify, sanction, seize, subscribe to, support, take to oneself, take up, welcome II… …

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  • 88envelop — I verb beleaguer, beseige, beset, blanket, box, cage, circumfundere, circumscribe, cloak, cloister, close in, compass, conceal, confine, corral, cover, curtain, edge, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold,… …

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  • 89confine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. imprison, incarcerate, immure, jail, detain; cage, pen; restrict, bound, limit. See circumscription, enclosure, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To keep shut up] Syn. imprison, immure, shut in,… …

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  • 90imprison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lock up, confine, detain; hold, jail, incarcerate. See circumscription, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jail, confine, incarcerate, lock up, coop up, immure, impound, detain, keep in, hold,… …

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